From 3bd074fa2cb2a2d96c5ac09426429a9e324c7d7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Miller <retiefjimm@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 16:08:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Additional checks for svg images to reject--Calibre only.
 Related to #1298

---
 fanficfare/story.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fanficfare/story.py b/fanficfare/story.py
index 58e2311a..e721664a 100644
--- a/fanficfare/story.py
+++ b/fanficfare/story.py
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ try:
     def convert_image(url,data,sizes,grayscale,
                       removetrans,imgtype="jpg",background='#ffffff',jpg_quality=95):
         # logger.debug("calibre convert_image called")
-
-        if url.lower().endswith('.svg') or '.svg?' in url.lower():
+        ## I can just see somebody doing logo_svg.jpg
+        if url.lower().endswith('.svg') or '.svg?' in url.lower() \
+                or ensure_binary('<svg ') in data[:1000] \
+                or ensure_binary('xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"') in data[:1000]:
             raise exceptions.RejectImage("Calibre image processing chokes on SVG images.")
         export = False
         img, format = image_and_format_from_data(data)